Machine for chilling and flaking soap



'5 ,1930; YE. a. AYRES MACHINE For: CHILLING AND FLAKING SOAP Filed Aug- 25. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 %www WW jmwazji @w June 3, 1930. E.B, AYRES 1,762,043

MACHINE FOR CHILLING AND FLAKING' SOAP f ned Aug. 125-. 1926 2 Shets-Sheet 2 Patented June3, .1930

um ran STATES SCHWARTZ, nconronarnn, on PENNSYLVANIA ELwoon B. 'AYRES, 0F MELROSE PARK, PnnNsY vANIm' ssIenon g'ro ienoc'ron &

OFPHILADELPHIA, rEnNsYLvANIA, A oonroR A'rIoN MACHINE non 'cHILLrneAni) FLAKING soAr Application filed August 25, 1926. serial no.131,4s3;'

My invention relates to certain improvements in machines for chilling and flaking soap and like material. g

The object of my invention isjto improve the construction of the knives which remove the chilled soap from the cylinder. V o

A further object of the'invention is to arrange the knives in groups soas to allow each group to accommodateits'elf to the surface of theroll. 1

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a diagrammatic sectional view illustrating my improved arrangement of knives for the soap chilling and flaking machine. g

Fig. 2 1s a face view.

Fig. 3 is a'detached perspectivevi'ew one 7 of the knife-carrying arms with a blade at be detached and the carrier b'odilyremoved tached.

Fig. 4- is a -detached viewillustrating a modification of the'invention.

1 is a cylinder mounted suitable bearings 2 in the present instance. This cylinder can be of any widthdesired. The soap '7 is fed to this cylinder and is chilled thereon so as to produce a thin film-whichis iremoved by suitable, blades.

Heretofore; it .was'the usual practice to make the blade'in one piece, extendingfrom one end ofthe roll to the other. The result was that the bearing pressure was not uniform on the roll; consequently,the blade cleaned the roll better on one portionthan it did on the other.

My invention relates to'oerta'in improvements to overcome this difiiculty.

3; is a bar mounted in suitable bearings 4 on the frame 2. This bar is cylindrical in crosssectlon, and on'the bar are a series of blade carriers orr knife backs. Each blade 7 carrier has an extended hub, and the hubsof theone carrier join those of another as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so there is a series of car- 1' riers extending the full width of the machine.

free to turn on the bars, they cannot move lon itudinally thereon;

V 11 each carrier is a blade '8, secured to being relied upon to hold it in position.

the fiat, portion 9 0i the carrier; by a; plate 10 and scr'ewslLg The blade-hasa series of notches'12 which jform, in the pres ent instance, a series of scraping edges'which bear uponthe cylinder l. The number oif-e these edges may be increased or diminished as desired, and in some instances the blade may be used without the notches 12. 7 On each carrier .5 is a Weighted arm 13' which extends beyond the rod 3 on theopposite side from the blades so that the tendency of the weight is to hold the blade yieldingly against the surface ofthe cylinderl.

Inthe present instance, the hubs 6 of the g carrier are made in two parts, the part 14 being in the form of a cap which is held in place by screws 15, so that when it is desired" to remove one ofthe carriersits capcan as in Fig. 4, the bearing being in'the form of a segment, and the weight of the carrier In Figs. 1 and 2, I have shown'two sets,

of blade carriers, the upper set scrape the 7 while the flakes removed by the lower blade s drop directly from the cylinder;

soap from the cylinder the soap flakes thus removed passing down the inclined plate 16, 7

. There may be" one ormoreblades depend;

ing upon the type of machine used, and where 2., V in two or more series'dof blades arefused, the

7 blades may be staggeredas shown in Fig. 2.;

. My improved blade arrangement removes V thesoap equallywell'from allpartsof the" roll or the cylinder, and does not requireek I r 9 tensive adjustment. j V If any one of the blades becomes damaged and-does not act properly, it is easy -to remove the carrier with the blade and place another in position whennecessary. I

'Iclaimz 1. The combination "arranged to bear against the cylinder and "remove the soapthereiirom. I

in asoap' chillingand 2; The combination of a cylinder; a bar extending across the cylinder; a series of earners restmg on the bar, each carrier having a Weight and blade, the Weight tending to hold the blade against the cylinder, and each carrier having a removable cap extending under the bar.

3. The combination in a soap chilling and fiakingmachine; of a cylinder; two bars extending across. the face of the cylinder, one

bar-being mounted above the other bar; a series of independent carriers detachably mounted on each bar, each carrier having a weight extending on one side of the bar and having a notched blade on the opposite side bearing against the cylinder, the blades of one series of carriers being out of register '7 with those on the other carriers.

ELWOOD B. AYRES. 

